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What is Shared Web Hosting ?

shared web hostingMany newbie don't know the meaning of shared web hosting. Shared web hosting is a type of website hosting. There are various types of hosting

  • Shared web hosting
  • Dedicated web hosting
  • VPS Hosting
  • Game Sever
  • Image hosting
and much more.

In Shared web hosting, many users share hosting on same server IP. The number of users sharing hosting on one IP can range from 20 to even 100. So all the sites hosted on shared hosting have same IP address. But as lot of people share this hosting, the price of shared hosting is really cheap. It can range from $10/year to $100/year.

Shared hosting are good for start-up sites, small sites or a personal blog. You get enough bandwidth, web space and features to get started. But if you want to run a shopping cart, video/image hosting site, secure sites, then you should opt for dedicated hosting.

There are many web hosting sites that offer shared and dedicated web hosting plans. But if your budget is limited, you can go with some affordable hosting companies and later on switch to dedicated hosting when your pockets are full. :D